Vingegaard Seizes Volta
Jonas Vingegaard took back‑to‑back wins on stage 5 and stage 6 of the Volta a Catalunya, claiming two summit finishes and putting Remco Evenepoel, João Almeida and Tom Pidcock on the back foot. (cyclinguptodate.com) He increased his race lead again on stage 6 atop Queralt and the final stage 7 Barcelona circuit showdown is set for today with Evenepoel plotting a response. (cyclingnews.com)
Vingegaard launched his decisive move on the final climb of Queralt with about 2.5 kilometres to go and crossed the line solo, with Lenny Martínez 10 seconds back and Florian Lipowitz third. (cyclingnews.com)) Remco Evenepoel finished fifth on stage 6 after shifting into a support role for Lipowitz and easing his effort roughly five kilometres from the line. (cyclingnews.com)) The general classification after stage 6 shows Jonas Vingegaard leading on a total time of 25:56:36, Lenny Martínez second at +1:22 and Florian Lipowitz third at +1:30, with Evenepoel 2:13 down. (procyclingstats.com)) Stage 5 on 27 March covered 153.1 km from La Seu d'Urgell to La Molina/Coll de Pal with 4,390 metres of climbing; Vingegaard opened a solo gap of about 5.8 km on that Coll de Pal finish at an average speed of 36.203 km/h. (procyclingstats.com)) Tom Pidcock went off the road and down a ravine late on stage 5, finished more than 29 minutes behind the winner and was withdrawn from the race the following day with his team citing injuries sustained in the crash. (bbc.com)) The finale on 29 March is a 95.1 km Barcelona circuit around Montjuïc that tackles the Alt del Castell de Montjuïc seven times, with the official start listed at 11:50 CET and race live profiles showing repeated steep laps that favour explosive attacks. (cyclinguptodate.com)) Lenny Martínez has recorded consecutive podiums across the Coll de Pal and Queralt finishes (third on stage 5, second on stage 6) and sits second overall at +1:22, while Florian Lipowitz’s stage‑6 podium lifted him to third on GC at +1:30. (procyclingstats.com))
